A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.
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1990.
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A midwife's tale : |b the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 / |c Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b A Knopf : |b Distributed by Random House, |c 1990. | |
| 300 | |a x, 444 pages : |b maps ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Cover title: Martha Ballard, her diary. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-411) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: a great sea A going -- August 1787: Exceeding dangeroulsly ill -- September 1799: warpt a piece -- October 1789: Mrs Foster has sworn a Rape on a number of men -- November 1792: Matrimonial writes -- December 1797: Birth 50. Birth 51 -- January 1796: find my house up in arms -- February 1801: A desection performed -- March 1804: what a scean had I to go at Evening -- April 1806: Polly Purington here -- May 1809: Workt in my gardin -- Epilogue -- Appendix: medicinal ingredients mentioned in Martha Ballard's diary. | |
| 520 | |a Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. | ||
| 586 | |a Pulitzer Prize, History, 1991. | ||
| 590 | |a Donated by Claire M. Stern. | ||
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